As an Industrial Designer and fellow cycle enthusiast, I always enjoyed reading your posts. A link to your blog sits next to my daily reads (gizmodo, core77, etc) on my browser’s bookmark bar, as will your new blog. I have found that many blogs post about interesting bicycle design, but very few other blog writers really understand design AND how a bike works/is made.

I am planning to launch my own interesting bicycle design in the near future and was looking forward to trying to have it featured on this site. You are certainly at the top of my list when it comes to going public, whether you post it on your new blog or not, I’m sure you’ll be interested to see it.

strange to read this post on the very first day I’m looking at the blog since the “I’m taking a break” post couple months back.
Good luck on your next projects I will certainly be reading those as well.

Definitely bad timing. I had hoped the break would give me time to recharge and get back to it, but I realized that it was time for something new. Glad to hear that you will be following along to see what comes next.

A sad day indeed. Your blog was a huge inspiration to me and I was very proud to have been able to contribute in a small way. It certainly provided the impetus for my own bicycle designs and blog. Good luck in you future endeavors.

Michael, thanks for the comment and for your contributions to the blog! You were the first bike industry designer who I profiled back in 2006. Hard it believe it was that long ago. Thanks for your two excellent guest posts as well. All greatly appreciated.

Woh, such a news. I understand your decision even if there were a lot of bikes that we can’t find anywhere else than here… Then, your point of view, your designer’s experience are different, maybe THE difference. I keep your blog as a big bikes Bible. Let’s begin something else!

I think I’ve been following you for 4 of the past 8 years this blog has been running and it’s always been a pleasure to read. It’s good to sometimes close a chapter of one part of your life to focus your energies elsewhere. Thank you for an incredible blog!

Thanks to all of you for the nice comments! As I mentioned, this was not an easy decision, and knowing that people will miss the blog doesn’t make it any easier. It is nice to know that Bicycle Design inspired a few people over the years though. I wish the same for my future projects, so I hope all of you will stay in touch.

Thanks James
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James,
I am sad to hear that you are letting it go. I actually found it because http://www.blogmetrics.org/cycling ranks it as the 3rd most popular/influential blog. If something does change, the bicycle accessories importer and distributor I work for (http://www.cantitoeroad.com) would love to send you a few products to review and/or do some guest posting.